BanlanX vs Hostrol Smart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BanlanX
Control a series of LED controllers with a wide range of features. Enhance your LED products with more lighting effects and unlock new creative possibilities.
- Control series of LED controllers
- Enhanced user experience
- More lighting effects
- Unlock new possibilities
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BanlanX is an App designed for a series of LED controllers, with a wide range of features to provide user a better experience for LED products, more lighting effects, and more possibilities.
Hostrol Smart
Personalize your car's interior lighting with a wide range of colors and dynamic effects. Sync lighting to music, customize modes, and express your style on the road.
- Customizable interior lighting colors
- Music synchronization for lighting effects
- Velocity-based lighting adjustments
- DIY mode for personalized settings
- Color wheel for precise color selection
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To serve global car owners with heart and soul Color Your Life We hope Hostrol Smart can make your life full of color. Find your original heartbeat with a dreamlike feeling! 【Color】The color you desire in life! Just switch, until you like it! 【Music】A melody that moves the heart. Dream’s color dances with music. That is a perfect match between music and color, awesome! 【Velocity】: Dream race. People need someone to see what they pursue in their passionate life. Get brighter when faster! We witness your trip! 【DIY】Do It Yourself! Just customize your mode, be different! 【Color Wheel】-Dreamlike Start! You can pick all the dream’s colors! 【My issue】: God! Satisfying you is our most faithful dream.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hostrol Smart at 3.0 against BanlanX's 2.5. Hostrol Smart also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). BanlanX's advantage is review sentiment (26% vs 0%) and ratings volume (258 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hostrol Smart holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BanlanX has 258 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of BanlanX's written reviews are positive against 0% of Hostrol Smart's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BanlanX ships an update every 6 weeks, Hostrol Smart every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BanlanX | Hostrol Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (258 ratings) | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 258 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 160 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shenzhen Sperll Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. | Shenzhen Sangshen E-commerce Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
BanlanX
Hostrol Smart
Bugs and requests
BanlanX
Reported bugs
16 issues- Power button dims the light instead of shutting off
- White turns more purple
- Timer function will not work
- Settings are removed when power is removed
- App freezes and crashes or doesn't save last known info
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- App won't connect to controller
- App doesn't detect SP107E controller
- App doesn't detect SP611E controller on MacOS
- App loses the schedule that was set
- App can't connect when not in close proximity to the device
- App says connected when lamp is unplugged
- App bypasses the remote and makes it impossible to use
- App no longer recognizes lights after software update
- App won't load past the start screen after name change
- App takes out features like color customization in latest update
- App doesn't allow custom colors despite advertising it
Requested features
13 requests- Add Bluetooth music playback capability
- Add more color schemes like specific holiday schemes
- Add ability to save DIY color combos
- Add music mode feature that moves with the music
- Add ability to choose colors in chasing modes
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- Add more customization options like custom light patterns, background lights with overlay, custom colors for each setting
- Add ability to integrate with Alexa for voice control
- Add ability to set number of lights in section
- Add ability to make white a warmer tone without making it look pink
- Add ability to save a specific DIY setup for a specific holiday
- Add preset holiday or seasonal themes
- Add ability to control multiple controllers as one
- Add ability to edit playlists more easily
Hostrol Smart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BanlanX
No in-app purchases
Hostrol Smart
No in-app purchases
